Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Last two games...

14 January 2007 League Match Oxford City 1 v Milton 3
A disappointing performance and result from all involved, particularly after beating Milton in the Cup a few weeks earlier. I couldn't blame the result on any one person, probably due to poor defending, poor finishing up front, lack of training, lack of matches for some, too many games for others, who knows? That's football! It was partly the reason I hadn't reported on the game.

28 January 2007 Cup Quarter Final Bicester 1 v Oxford City 3
I thought we were in for a very hard day due to -
1)only having the bare 11 players
2)our last game against Bicester was very hard
3)a referee, who perhaps wouldn't have been my first choice!
4)lack of matches
etc. etc. etc.
But I can only praise every single player on the pitch (not JUST the strikers) for a tremendous performance and if I had to single any points out in the game then these would be several great saves from Alex Williams in goal. A man of the match performance from Bud Shepherd and Tom Burrows. Two good performances from Alex Eadle and Adam Wells who have had very few chances of full games this season. Some good finishing from AJ Lloyd and equally good finishing from Mark Bell who was so tired before the game asked if he could play in goal (due to several games played in the previous few days).
As I have already said this was a truly great TEAM performance from EVERY player - well done!!!!!